Introduction : the chalice and the blade -- Journey into a lost world : the beginnings of civilization -- Messages from the past : the worls of the goddess -- The essential difference : Crete -- Dark order out of chaos : from the chalice to the blade -- Memories of a lost age : the legacy of the goddess -- Reality stood on its head : part I -- Reality stood on its head : part II -- The other half of history : part 1 -- The other half of history : part II -- The patterns of the past : gylany and history -- Breaking free : the unfinished transformation -- The breakdown of evolution : a dominator issue -- Breakthrough in evolution : toward a partnership future